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Endovascular therapy for the carotid artery
R W Urwin1, R T Higashida, V V Halbach
1Department of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University of California at San Francisco, 94143-0628, USA.
Neuroimaging Clinics of North America
|November 1, 1996
Abstract:
Endovascular therapy is well established as the preferred method of treatment for surgically inaccessible lesions of the carotid artery. Its role in the treatment for cavernous carotid fistulas and aneurysms of the cervical, petrous, and cavernous carotid arteries is discussed. Angioplasty is under investigation in the management of symptomatic atherosclerotic disease. The evolving role of angioplasty and stenting in the treatment of these lesions is reviewed.